2001-022001-02 SCSC BBASKETBALL TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents/Quick Facts/Credits ............ 1 Media Information ............................................... 2 The Campus .......................................................... 3 The Coaches ....................................................... 4-6 The Administration .............................................. 7 Preview ............................................................... 8-9 2001-02 Roster Information/Team Photo .......... 9 The Players .................................................... 10-18 2001-02 Planet Basketball ................................................. 19 Academics/Community Service ...................... 20 SHEPHERD 2000-01 Statistics/Results .................................. 21 2000-01 WVIAC Information/Statistics .... 22-23 The Opponents .............................................. 24-27 COLLEGE History & Records ........................................ 27-36 Yearly Leaders/Miscellaneous Statistics ......... 31 ASKETBALL All-Time Results ............................................ 32-35 B All-Time Roster ................................................... 36 Schedule ......................................................... OBC QUICK FACTS HEAD COACH BETSY BLOSE Office Phone ____________________________________ 304/876-5170 Best time to reach Coach Blose _______________________ Mornings Blose's career record ____________________________95-68 (six years) Years and record at SC ___________________________________ Same ASSISTANT COACH Jodie Runner _____________________________________ Fifth season ASSISTANT COACH Faisal Khan ______________________________________ First season 2001-02 BASKETBALL FACTS Team Captains __________________ Brianne Hamilton, Makia Staves 2000-01 Record (WVIAC Record) ______________________20-7 (15-3) Starters Returning/Lost ___________________________________ 3/2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost _____________________________ 9/4 Home Arena ______________________ Butcher Athletic Center (3,000) Year Opened ____________________________________________ 1989 On the Cover: "United We Stand" is the theme for the Shepherd College Women's Basketball Team in 2001-02. The women's basketball team would like to dedicate this season to the victims of the September 11 tragedy and to the men and women who helped in the rescue efforts. Cover designed by Timothy D. Haines. Photo by Gary Kable. Credits: The 2001-02 Shepherd College Women's Basketball Guide is a publication of the Shepherd College Sports Information Office. Special thanks to Valerie Owens and Timothy D. Haines of the Office of External Affairs for their invaluable time and assistance. Editor ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Chip Ransom Photography ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Gary Kable, Mike Rubin SHEPHERD COLLEGE • 1 • BASKETBALL MMEDIA IINFORMATION TO THE MEDIA SHEPHERD COLLEGE - A QUICK LOOK The 2001-02 Shepherd College basketball media guide is designed Founded: 1871 as an aid to assist the media in covering Ram basketball this season. If Enrollment: 4,400 you have any other questions or requests, please contact the Shep- Location: Shepherdstown, WV herd Sports Information Office at (304)876-5228. President: Dr. David L. Dunlop Director of Athletics: Monte Cater INTERVIEW POLICY Affiliation: Higher Education Policy Commission All interviews should be arranged through the Shepherd College Athletic Affiliations: NCAA II, WVIAC Sports Information Office (304-876-5228). Basketball Facility: Butcher Athletic Center Nickname: Rams SHEPHERD ATHLETICS DIRECTORY Colors: Blue & Gold (AREA CODE 304) ATHLETIC ADMINSTRATION Monte Cater, Director of Athletics, 876-5264 Joan Pope, Assistant Director of Athletics, 876-5140 BASKETBALL OFFICE Betsy Blose, Head Coach, 876-5170 Jodie Runner, Assistant Coach, 876-5029 SPORTS INFORMATION Chip Ransom, Sports Information Director Office: 876-5228 Home: 876-3243 Fax: 876-3267 E-Mail: [email protected] SHEPHERD COLLEGE ATHLETIC SECRETARY Kathy Fasulo, 876-5481 INFORMATION SOURCES Shepherd College Website: www.shepherd.edu NCAA II Website: www.siue./ATHLETIC/d2/ ON THE BEAT... Print Media The Northern Virginia Daily The Journal 120 Holiday Street 207 West King Street Strasburg, VA 22657 Martinsburg, WV 25401 540/465-5137 (phone) 304/263-3381 (phone) 540/465-6163 (fax) (Ext 116, 131, or 132) Sports Editor 304/267-2903 (fax) Rick Kozlowski (Sports Editor) Shepherdstown Chronicle P.O. Box 2088 Hagerstown Morning Herald Shepherdstown, WV 25443 100 Summit Avenue 304/876-3380 (phone) Hagerstown, MD 21740 304/876-1957 (fax) 800/626-6397 (ext. 2310 -- ph.) Editor 301/714-0245 (fax) Mark Keller (Sports Editor) Radio WRNR-AM 740 The Spirit of Jefferson Advocate P.O. Box 709 P.O. Box 231 Martinsburg, WV 25401 Charles Town, WV 25414 304/263-6586 (phone) 304/725-2046 (phone) 304/263-3082 (fax) 304/728-6856 (fax) Matt Miller (Sports Director) Bob Madison (Sports Editor) Television The Winchester Star WHAG-TV 25 2 North Kent Street 13 E. Washington St. Winchester, VA 22601 Hagerstown, MD 21740 540/667-3200 (phone) 301/797-4408 (phone) 540/667-0012 (fax) 301/745-4093 (fax) Ben Brooks (Sports Editor) Sports Director Wire Services Associated Press BUTCHER ATHLETIC CENTER P.O. Box 1713 Charleston, WV 25326 800/642-8291 (phone) 304/345-5282 (fax) John Raby (Sports Editor) SHEPHERD COLLEGE • 2 • BASKETBALL TTHE CCAMPUS Shepherd College is a state-supported institution within the West Virginia system of higher education. From its beginnings over a century ago, the Col- lege has evolved into a comprehensive center of higher learning, serving a number of related, yet distinct roles: • The College offers Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Regents Bachelor of Arts, and Bachelor of Science degrees in a wide range of fields, encompassing the liberal arts, business administration, teacher education, the social and natural sciences, and other career-oriented areas. • The Community and Technical College of Shepherd offers a diverse se- lection of programs leading to associate's degrees. • The College provides credit courses for individuals with no degree aspi- rations, but who seek to broaden and update their knowledge in either familiar or new fields of intellectual endeavor. • For the northern Shenandoah Valley region as a whole, the College is a center for non-credit continuing education, public service, and convenient citi- zen access to extensive programs in art, music, athletics, and other areas of public interest CENIC AND ISTORIC OCATION THE HISTORY OF SHEPHERD COLLEGE S H L Shepherd College is situated in the Shenandoah Valley, on the banks of the Shepherd College began when the county seat of Jefferson County, WV, Potomac River, in historic Shepherdstown. The oldest town in the state, Shep- was moved from Shepherdstown to Charles Town in July 1871. The people of herdstown is a quaint college community, with the town and campus combin- Shepherdstown and the vicinity decided to use the vacated courthouse for edu- ing to offer a unique learning-living environment. cational purposes. An article of incorporation for a school to be known as Shep- Located in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, Shepherdstown is within herd College, designed to instruct students in “languages, arts and sciences,” one mile of nearby Maryland and 20 miles of nearby Pennsylvania and Vir- was drawn up and signed by C.W. Andrews, A.R. Boteler, C.T. Butler, G.M. ginia. It is only 65 miles from Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, MD. Beltzhoover, David Billmyer, Samuel Knott, and Henry Shepherd. Within a short drive from the campus are such well-known historic land- This body of incorporators gave itself power to elect instructors, pay sala- marks as Harpers Ferry and the Antietam Battlefield. ries and prescribe courses of study. Professor Joseph McMurran was appointed Across the Potomac River from the campus is the Chesapeake and Ohio first principal of the institution, which opened with 42 students in September Canal National Historical Park. The C & O Canal Historical Trail, developed 1871, under the authority of the Board of Trustees. along the towpath of the old canal, is a beautiful recreational sanctuary, ex- On Feb. 27, 1872, the Legislature of West Virginia passed the following tending 180 miles. act: “That a branch of the State Normal School be and the same is hereby established at the building known as Shepherd College, in Shepherdstown, in ABOUT SHEPHERD COLLEGE the county of Jefferson.” Shepherd College became a four-year college for the training of teachers Shepherd's 4,400 students have the choice of more than 70 programs of on July 1, 1930, at which time the institution began granting the Bachelor of study including bachelor's degree programs and pre-professional studies through Arts degree. Shepherd was authorized to implement liberal arts programs in the College and two-year associate degrees through Shepherd's Community 1943, and in 1950, the Bachelor of Science degree was added. and Technical College component. Also in 1950, Shepherd was accredited by the North Central Association Shepherd College is also the home of the George Tyler Moore Center for the of Colleges and Secondary Schools, and in 1951, it became a member of the Study of the Civil War and the Contemporary American Theater Festival, which Association of American Colleges. Accreditation was received from the Na- features new and emerging playwrights.